Additional Reading:

Some basic books and unpublished material about Lunenburg – some of the items not well-known, but all of them available in the NSARM Library; call numbers follow in square brackets:

Balcom, Berton Alexander. History of the Lunenburg fishing industry. Lunenburg, 1977
[NSARM call no. SH224/ N935/ B174]

Beck, J. Murray. The Creightons, Rudolfs, Kaulbachs, and Zwickers: The rise and setback of a Lunenburg family compact, 1753-1847
[NSARM call no. F5249/ L962/ B393/ C914]

Beck, J. Murray. Lunenburg County Elections Federal and Provincial, 1871-1900. 1995
[NSARM call no. FC2345/ L8/ B433/ 1995]

Bell, Winthrop P. The "Foreign Protestants" and the Settlement of Nova Scotia. Toronto, 1961
[NSARM call no. F100/ B41]

Canadian-British Engineering Consultants and Norman Pearson. Town of Lunenburg Nova Scotia Urban Renewal Study. 1966
[NSARM call no. F107/ L97/ UR1]

Cuthbertson, Brian. Lunenburg: An illustrated history. Halifax, 1996
[NSARM call no. V/F, vol. 482, no. 1]

DesBrisay, Mather Byles. History of the County of Lunenburg. Toronto, 1895
[NSARM call no. F106/ L97/ D45]

Eisnor, Wilfred, and Donald Eisner. Pictorial history of the shire town of Lunenburg. Volume 1, 1984, reprinted 1985
[NSARM call no. F5249/ L96/ E36]

Fergusson, C. Bruce. The diary of Adolphus Gaetz. Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication Number 10, Halifax, 1965
[NSARM call no. F90/ N85/ AR2P/ No. 10]

Field, Richard Henning. The material lives of Lunenburg German merchants and evidence based on probate inventories, 1760-1830. Ottawa, 1991
[NSARM call no. Fiche F455]

Harvey, D.C. Journal and letters of Colonel Charles Lawrence. Halifax, 1953; reprinted in 1972 by Lunenburg Heritage Society
[NSARM call no. F5249/ L96/ L41]

Hewitt, Harry W. History of the town of Lunenburg. N.d., post-1924
[NSARM call no. F5249/ L96/ H61]

James, Terry and Bill Plaskett. Buildings of old Lunenburg. Halifax, 1996
[NSARM call no. NA747/ L86/ J29]

Letson, W.A. Lunenburg by the sea. Lunenburg, ca.1896
[NSARM call no. V/F, vol.135, no. 32]

Lockwood, Anthony. A Brief description of Nova Scotia. London,1818
[NSARM call no. F100/ L81]

Monro, Rev. James. "History and description and state of the Southern and Western Townships of Nova Scotia in 1795" in Report of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia for 1946, Appendix C. Halifax, 1947
[NSARM call no. F90/ N85/ AR2R/ 1946]

Moorsom, Captain William. Letters from Nova Scotia; comprising sketches of a young country. London, 1830
[NSARM call no. microfilm 3870]

Morris, Charles. "Description and state of the new settlements in Nova Scotia in 1761, by the Chief Surveyor" in Report concerning Canadian Archives for the year 1904, Appendix F. Ottawa, 1905
[NSARM call no. F80/ C16R/ 1904]

Parish, Alan V. A walk through old Lunenburg. Lunenburg, 1979
[NSARM call no. F5249/ L962]

Paulsen, Kenneth Stuart. Settlement and ethnicity in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 1753-1800. 1996
[NSARM call no. FC2350/ G3/ P38/ 1996]

Penney, Allen. Houses of Nova Scotia: An illustrated guide to architectural style recognition. Halifax, 1989
[NSARM call no. NA7242/ N6/ P42]

Plaskett, William. Lunenburg: An inventory of historic buildings with photographs and historical and architectural notes. Lunenburg, 1984
[NSARM call no. O/S NA7242/ L962/ P715]

Whitelaw, Marjory, editor. The Dalhousie Journals. Volume 1, Ottawa, 1978
[NSARM call no. F5204.9/ D143/ W594]